Das Zusammenspiel von Bauern und Figuren stellt für jeden Schachspieler eine Herausforderung dar. Vieles hängt von der kleinsten Einheit im Schach ab.

Im Vordergrund stehen wichtige Fragen:

• Welche Struktur ist anzustreben?
• Was sind besondere Merkmale der Stellung und welches ist der richtige Plan?
• Wie können die Figuren wirkungsvoll in Szene gesetzt werden?

Master Pawn Play in Chess

In chess you cannot take your move back, but you can always return a misplaced piece to its former square at the cost of some time. Pawns on the other hand can never move backwards, making pawn moves truly permanent decisions.

In Dynamic Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand continues his investigation into decision-making at the top level, discussing some of his best games as well as his worst slips, giving the reader a unique insight into the mind of a world-class grandmaster.

Grandmaster Boris Gelfand has been an elite player for 30 years, winning the World Cup, Olympiad Gold, Candidates and many other top tournaments. In 2015 Positional Decision Making in Chess won the ECF Book of the Year award.

Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze, space advantage, the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero, Akiba Rubinstein, Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game.

A Grandmaster Guide

Mauricio Flores Rios provides an in-depth study of the 28 most common structures in chess practice. In Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide you will find:

• Carefully selected model games showing each structure’s main plans and ideas
• Strategic patterns to observe and typical pitfalls to avoid
• 50 positional exercises with detailed solutions

Uncovers the Artistic Side of Attacking
 

The third instalment of the best-selling series of attack books - Formation Attacks, Formation Attack Strategies, and now, Positional Attacks is another 500 page book, full of great attack information with 532 fabulous attack games from all openings and all eras.

The aim of Positional Attacks is to uncover the artistic side of attacking, one that is primarily centered on the creation and exploitation of weaknesses. Oh sure, there will be tactics; after all they cannot be avoided in chess - nor would we want to exclude them.

Unlock your chess potential

Any man in the street knows how to increase his physical strength, but among most chess players confusion reigns when it comes to improving their playing strength. Axel Smith's training methods have guided his friends, teammates and pupils to grandmaster norms and titles. Hard work will be required, but Axel Smith knows how you can Pump Up Your Rating.

Every area of chess is covered - opening preparation, through middlegame play, to endgame technique. Smith delves into both the technical and psychological sides of chess, and shows how best to practise and improve.

Want to improve at chess? Then you’ll need to improve your understanding of chess strategy. You probably knew that already – but how to begin to study such a vast and seemingly complex subject? International Master Adam Hunt is a full-time chess teacher and is thus very familiar with this problem. His solution is to present an accessible and easy-to-read guide for club players and juniors. Hunt studies all the key components of chess strategy, including development, king safety, attack and defence, initiative, pawn play and much more. He examines not only grandmaster games but also those played by students, demonstrates model strategic play, identifies typical mistakes and explains how to avoid them.

The much Awaited Sequel to the Best Selling "Formation Attacks"

The much awaited sequel to the best selling book, "Formation Attacks”, has arrived. "Formation Attack Strategies” is another 500 page book, full of great attack information with 579 fabulous attack games from all openings and all eras. The games provided in the book came from an in-depth global search for unique, inspirational, and original attacks from some of the world’s greatest attackers. Many of the them toil in remote areas of the planet and have only a local following.

Jacob Aagaard, britischer Champion von 2007, erklärt auf unterhaltsame und leicht zugängliche Weise die Grundsätze von Angriff und dynamischem Spiel - Angriffslektionen 1. Dieses bahnbrechende Werk schafft eine hervorragende Balance zwischen leicht verständlichen Beispielen, Übungen und tiefgehenden Analysen. Fünf Jahre hat die Vollendung gedauert, und das Ergebnis wird niemanden enttäuschen. Band 1 handelt davon, alle Figuren ins Spiel zu bringen, von Momentum und Farbschemen, starken und schwachen Punkten, von Evolution und Revolution.

Jürgen Kaufeld, Guido Kern

226 Seiten, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2009, deutsch.

The Road to Positional Advantage

Herman Grooten

412 Seiten, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2009, englisch.

Today’s young players have benefited greatly from working with chess computers. There is little doubt that advanced software and electronic training programs have significantly contributed to the rise of the standards of play.

But there is a negative side to this. Many young chess players see the computer as the ultimate response to nearly everything. They think that computer analysis is the best and the fastest way to find the truth in any position on the board.

One Minute to Mate

Hikaru Nakamura, Bruce Harper

248 Seiten, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2009, Englisch.

One of the most challenging tasks in a chess game is to find the correct strategy. It is far easy to attack too randomly, to miss a vital opportunity, or even choose the wrong plan altogether. These are all mistakes frequently seen by even quite strong players.